§ Pur or Purim = "lot" or "piece" means: lot a special feast among the post-exilic Jews, to celebrate their deliverance from Haman's destruction through queen Esther's heroic actions
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H6332 — פּוּר
pur · Purim · Hebrew/Aramaic
7 tagged verse occurrences
Esther 3:7 · פּוּר֩In the first month—it is the month of Nisan—in the twelfth year of the king Ahasuerus, hath one caused to fall Pur (that is the lot) before Haman, from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth, it is the month of Adar.Esther 9:24 · פּוּר֙because Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, adversary of all the Jews, had devised concerning the Jews to destroy them, and had caused to fall Pur—that is the lot—to crush them and to destroy them;Esther 9:26 · פוּרִים֙ · הַפּ֔וּרtherefore they have called these days Purim—by the name of the lot—therefore, because of all the words of this letter, and what they have seen concerning this, and what hath come unto them,Esther 9:28 · הַפּוּרִ֣יםand these days are remembered and kept in every generation and generation, family and family, province and province, and city and city, and these days of Purim do not pass away from the midst of the Jews, and their memorial is not ended from their seed.Esther 9:29 · הַפּוּרִ֛יםAnd Esther the queen, daughter of Abihail, writeth, and Mordecai the Jew, with all might, to establish this second letter of Purim,Esther 9:31 · הַפֻּרִ֨יםto establish these days of Purim, in their seasons, as Mordecai the Jew hath established on them, and Esther the queen, and as they had established on themselves, and on their seed—matters of the fastings, and of their cry.Esther 9:32 · הַפֻּרִ֖יםAnd a saying of Esther hath established these matters of Purim, and it is written in the Book.